Australia chased down 191 with seven wickets to spare as Glenn Maxwell hit a brilliant ton in reply to Virat Kohli’s first innings rampage during the second T20I at M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru on Wednesday.
The victory also helped Australia complete a 2-0 sweep of India as the hosts lost their first bilateral T20I series at home since 2016.
Maxwell (113 not out off 55 balls) went on a rampage, smashing as many as nine sixes on way to his third century in the shortest format.
“Australia outplayed us in all departments and deserved to win the series,” India captain Virat Kohli said at the post-match presentation.
“(Scoring) 190 is a good total on most grounds but if there is so much dew as there was tonight, and when you have an innings like what Glenn Maxwell played, nothing much you can do.”
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
@Gmaxi_32 Big Showwwwww 😍😍😍, u r a superstar Maxi @cricketcomau
An absolute treat watch 💯 🙌🏽👏🏽#AUSvIND #T20 #💛💚 #Straya— Fawad Ahmed (@bachaji23) February 27, 2019
Glenn Maxwell goes 2 nil up in his International T20 clashes against India. I hope he can find some oxygen with all the fans that will want a piece of him.
— Rodney Hogg (@RMHogg) February 27, 2019
Wow… @Gmaxi_32 at his genius best, Australia upset India in Bangalore! #INDvAUS
— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) February 27, 2019
Truly remarkable century by Maxwell. Among the best in T20 internationals surely, pull his side out of the deep woods to the doorstep of victory
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) February 27, 2019
What a ton Maxwell. Too good and India will be happy to know they need more depth in bowling.
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) February 27, 2019
All was WELL with MAX in that inning #indvsaus
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) February 27, 2019
Jeez… sure is a @Gmaxi_32 master class today #IndvAus
— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) February 27, 2019
When you wake up & see that @Gmaxi_32 was on 🔥 last night. What an amazing innings by Australia’s biggest X-Factor #INDvAUS
— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) February 27, 2019
Brilliant from Australia. I would say it was an even contest with both sides not playing to their bowling strength but eventually Maxwell made the 'Max' difference. Scintillating 100 from him #IndvAus
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani) February 27, 2019
First series defeat under Virat Kohli's captaincy at home for India in International cricket.
This is also the first bilateral series defeat for India at home in any format since the start of 2016. #INDvAUS
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) February 27, 2019
Great stuff @Gmaxi_32 brilliant follow up from game one, two match winning performances.#INDvAUS #Cricket #wc
— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg) February 27, 2019
Most runs by a player in a 2-match T20I series:
211 runs – Glenn Maxwell vs SL, 2016
169 runs – GLENN MAXWELL vs IND, This series#INDvAUS— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) February 27, 2019
Congratulations, Australia#INDvAUS #T20I #Cricket #TheCricketTimes pic.twitter.com/T0Gauq4vgP
— CricketTimes.com (@CricketTimesHQ) February 28, 2019
